Details

Subjects:

Philosophy, Indic.
Hindu philosophy.
Advaita -- Early works to 1800.
Advaita.
Vedanta -- Early works to 1800.
Vedanta.
Hindu philosophy -- Early works to 1800.
Philosophy, Indic -- Early works to 1800.

Form/Genre:

Treatises.
Commentaries.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Biography/History:

Written as Sarvajñātmamahāmuni in the colophon (f. 241r); author of commentary written as Rāmatīrtha, the pupil of Rāmatīrtha (f. 241r).

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is the first chapter of a Hindu philosophical treatise written from the perspective of the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta school of philosophy. Manuscript contains both the root text and a commentary called the Saṃkṣepaśārīrakaṭīkā.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 241r).
Written in 9-11 lines per leaf.
241 leaves foliated 1-241, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīdeveśvarapūjyapādaśiṣya śrīsarvajñātmamahāmuneḥ kṛtau śārīraprakaraṇasaṃkṣepaśārīrake prathamo 'dhyāyaḥ // (f. 241r).
Dated śaka 1674 (1752) based on other texts originally from the same manuscript, Ms. Coll 390, Item 940 (f. 94r) and Item 942 (f. 29v).
Scribe is Haribhaṭṭaputra Bhāradvāja based on another text originally from the same manuscript, Ms. Coll. 390, Item 942 (f. 29v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double black and red line.
Originally a component of a larger manuscript with Ms. Coll. 390, Item 940, Item 941, and Item 942.

Cited in:

Listed in H.I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1938), Poleman 4181 (UP 939).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 939

Contributor:

Haribhaṭṭaputra Bhāradvāja, scribe.

Contains:

Rāmatīrthayati, active 17th century. Samksepasārīrakatīkā.

OCLC:

889888203